Jersey Devil Press

Issue 130, October 2025 Read the pdf People Eater, Nicholas Alti”You want to go blow for blow? What kindof sexy threat is that? Don’t hurt me! Harm me.” haiku, Randy Brooks”dishwater handsfingering out a…

Issue 130 is hatched and wriggling! New stories and poems! www.jerseydevilpress.com?page_id=9117

A Pumice Stone Kate Maxlow “I’m afraid you’re disappearing,” the doctor says. He is about 50 years old with distinguished gray sideburns that I ache to scrub off with a pumice stone. But that would require me to …

NEW FICTION! This 5-minute is dedicated to all my female friends of a certain age who find themselves at a doctor, one body part disappearing at a time. www.jerseydevilpress.com?page_id=9122

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Took a while, but it’s been fixed.

and HERE'S SOME WRITING I PUBLISHED IN THAT TIME:

"Cheese Life" is a surreal flash about cheese cons, giant nail clippings, and how everyone wants a fresh start. read it in Jersey Devil Press Mag: www.jerseydevilpress.com?page_id=8900

We are sad to learn of Jim Suruda’s death; we did not know him well, but his writing was unique and memorable. Thank you for helping us find more of his work to read.

We would *not* consider these stories to have been previously published and would love to see submissions from this workshop!

Eirik’s Celebration of Life ONLINE Eirik was loved by many. But not everyone could make it to the in person celebrations. In the hopes to bring comfort to those who weren’t able to attend I’ve compiled recordings and oth…

Thanks to Monica, today we will watch Joel McHale read the acknowledgements from EXPONENTIAL APOCALYPSE, listen to some great songs, and remember Eirik, with whom the Force will always be.

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Check out my story “Hell is Other People’s Laundry” in this issue of Jersey Devil Press. Because doing laundry is the worst.

Issue 128, April 2025 Mine 17, Randy Brooks”elevator shaft darkens / going down / a joker’s light” Hugs Hunny and The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, Alessandra Nysether-Santos”If I was a drag queen, …

Issue 128 has popped out of the earth like a grasping zombie limb or possibly a buttercup! Share it with your most discerning chums:

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Can't wait to read-- I'm so excited I found y'all!!💙📚

The Pine Barrens are the coolest and we love cryptids and poems.

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Issue 127, January 2025 Read Magazine — Download the .pdf Jersey Baked, Laura Daniels”Calandra on First Street in Newark / the best fresh French baguette and Italian roll / straight out of the oven if you’re lucky&#…

Issue 127 has ventured out of the cave and is crawling with words—quake, gasp, and be amazed!

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Sometimes we forget, too. But it’s nice to see you here!

We love horror and are (pretty much) always open.

Issue 126, October 2024 Read Magazine — Download the .pdf The Death of Light, Simon MacCulloch”Above a sheen of estuary, below a cloud-clod sky / Is where the light comes crawling when its time has come to die,&#822…

Our fifteenth anniversary issue is shaking the last leaves off the trees! With Nikki Allen, Bianca Blauth, Randy Brooks, Charlie Kieft, Simon MacCulloch, Cass Noah, and Sydney Wagner 🩶

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Remembering Eirik Gumeny, NJ edition.

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Celebration of Life: A Caffeinated Remembrance of Eirik Gumeny.

Listen to Bruce Springsteen’s new album ‘Letter To You’ now: https://brucespringsteen.lnk.to/LTYID Watch the film ‘Bruce Springsteen’s Letter To You’ now on ... Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams (Official Audio)

And we'll see you, friend, in our dreams (4/4) www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9Wi...

From the album "The Wind" copyright 2003, IndieBlu Music. Buy the track on iTunes at: http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=M0/cMfOAbQo&offerid=14626... Warren Zevon - Keep Me In Your Heart

We are still processing and, well, grieving. But one reason writers and artists exist is to say what needs to be said when you can't. We will keep Eirik in our hearts. (3/4) www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMTK...

If you can, please consider donating. Eirik's family is still dealing with the financial burden incurred from medical expenses, lost work time, and funeral costs. (2/4) cota.org/cotaforeirik...

Eirik’s Obituary On July 8, 2024, Eirik Gumeny – husband, friend, writer, editor, and renowned coffee drinker – died. (No, fucking seriously, he did.) Technically, this was his second death. Unfortunately, this one…

Two weeks ago, we lost our friend and co-founder, Eirik Gumeny. To say that Eirik was a special and unique person is a massive understatement (1/4) www.egumeny.com/2024/07/21/e...

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Mike of From Beyond Press let me know that fbp is donating all proceeds from sales of ESCALATORS TO HELL: SHOPPING MALL HORRORS for the rest of July to the Children's Organ Transplant Association in memory of Eirik Gumeny. Get it from thewebsite, or the zon, or wherever.

Atomic Carnival founder, & BRAVE NEW WEIRD recipient Eirik Gumeny, has passed.
We didn't know him well; but we truck in words, & goddamn did Eirik's way with them touch us. He is loved & missed.
We've posted is BNW-winning story here in full.
Onward, Eirik🖤☠️
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Submissions We are now looking for poetry as well as fiction! See separate guidelines below: Fiction Guidelines Please submit only one story at a time, and please wait at least a month after receiving a respon…

We are currently reading for Issue 125! Send us your weird, your slimy, your mutant critters yearning to scuttle free. www.jerseydevilpress.com?page_id=71

Submissions We are now looking for poetry as well as fiction! See separate guidelines below: Fiction Guidelines Please submit only one story at a time, and please wait at least a month after receiving a respon…

We are currently reading for Issue 125! Send us your weird, your slimy, your mutant critters yearning to scuttle free. www.jerseydevilpress.com?page_id=71

Submissions We are now looking for poetry as well as fiction! See separate guidelines below: Fiction Guidelines Please submit only one story at a time, and please wait at least a month after receiving a respon…

Send us some words! We love speculative flash, atmospheric horror, contemporary haiku and senryu, and humorous-yet-poignant tales with legendary creatures in them! 🦑🪴💀 www.jerseydevilpress.com?page_id=71

Issue 124, April 2024 Read Magazine — Download the .pdf The Kites All Turned to Animals in the Air, Allen Seward”The sky above is green and the few splotches of clouds present are gray—they look like cotton swabs …

Just shambled in dragging our latest issue, #124 — www.jerseydevilpress.com?page_id=8837